| Baroness Dame Katja Davidova Orlova Khazarina Barony of Thescorre, Kingdom of AEthelmearc Curriculum Vitae |
| Cooking Accomplishments: * Researched, organized, and prepared over a dozen feasts - including a coronation banquet for 175 gentles; Taught pasta-making and bread-making in the kitchen during several events. * Mentored and/or provided period food research for 20+ feasts * Provided scullery help, rescued recipes (taught cooks how to make a roux, how to properly sauté mushrooms, safely slice meat, etc.), decorated dishes, and served food at dozens of feasts Classes Taught: * An Overview of Spices in the Age of Exploration (Rapier Academy) * Turkish Garb: An Overview of Female Ottoman Clothing (College of Three Ravens) * How to Plan Feasts People will Actually Eat (College of Three Ravens) * An Overview of Renaissance Kitchen Equipment (Serve It Forth! food history symposium) {Please note that the html file above does not contain the endnote numbers in the text.) * No Eels, Please! Non-Weird Period Food (College of Three Ravens) * Creepy Cuisine, or, Yes Some Period Food IS Weird (Sterlynge Vayle Schola, 3 Ravens) * Gode Cookery Sytes: How to Research Medieval Food If You Have No Period Cookbooks... and No Money to Buy Any (Æthelmearc Academy) * New World vs. Old World Foodstuffs (Rapier Academy, several Artisan Forums) * Breadmaking demonstration with Overview of Period Bread History class (several demos) * Comparing & Choosing Medieval Cookbooks (War Practice) * Medieval Pasta - History, Preparation, and Recipes (UWEKAT, College of Three Ravens) * Useful Internet Websites for Medieval Food Research (several Artisan Forums) * Antidote Anecdotes: Medieval Poison Prevention (Concoction of Cooks) * Overview of Medieval Spices (several Artisan Forums) * Herbs for the Medieval Kitchen & Garden (Rochester Museum & Science Center) * Plants in the Medieval Garden (Thescorre social meeting) * Simple Group Middle Eastern Dances (Sterlynge Vayle Schola and College of Three Ravens) * A Gode Grocery List : what food was prepared in an English Medieval kitchen, and how did it get there? (College of Three Ravens) * Medieval Spices show-smell-and-tell (College of Three Ravens) Papers Written for Publication: * The Winding Road to A Persona (How I Became A Khazar) (Thescorre's newsletter, Fewmet) * Gode Cookery Sytes (quarterly SCA food journal Serve It Forth!) * Comparing & Choosing Medieval Cookbooks (Serve It Forth) * Is Honey Butter Period? (Fewmet) * Sviatki - Period Russian Holiday Food (Fewmet) * Kitchen Catastrophes (Serve It Forth!) * Food In the Middle Ages (Fewmet) * My Favorite Medieval Herbs (Fewmet) A&S Competitions: * 2002 - named the Baroness' Favorite for "First Attempts" A&S Competition at College of Three Ravens (my first scroll illumination) * 2002 - won the Ice Dragon "Main Dish" category with Tart in Ymber Day and "Research Paper" category with An Overview of Renaissaince Kitchen Equipment (PDF) * 1999 - won the Arts competition at Sergeants & Yeomen with Banbury Cake * 1998 - won the Ice Dragon "Side Dish" category with Dish of a Gourd Resembling A Fish and "Subtlety" category with To Make Sturgyn. * 1997 - won the Ice Dragon "Main Dish" category with Bratwurst * 1996-1997 - received three Raven Pins for winning A&S competitions at Thescorre mini-scholas for a subtlety redaction, a discussion of period poisons, and an overview of my feast research. Offices Held * Pennsic 32 Publications Editor (Pre-Pennsic and Onsite Books) * Thescorre drop-dead deputy Seneschale: July 2002 to present * Æthelmearc Kingdom Archivist: September 2000 to present * Æthelmearc Kingdom Waiver Secretary: January 2002 to present * Former Thescorre Co-Chronicler of Fewmet: December 2001 to September 2002 * Former Thescorre Seneschale: 1997-1999 (duties included running a baronial election) Other Service * Co-founder, Æthelmearc Cooks Guild, January 2002 (I created and currently maintain its webpage) * Teach Middle Eastern dance at monthly practices in the Barony of Thescorre (since 2000). I also led monthly dance practices in the Shire of Hartstone in 2001. * Judged research papers for 2003 Ice Dragon A&S Pentathalon * Judged perfumery, baked items, side dishes, subtleties, herbology, and non-alcoholic beverages at the 2002 Ice Dragon A&S Pent * Judged herbalism, research papers, and all five culinary categories at the 2001 Ice Dragon. * Pennsic service: Over the past 15 years, I've volunteered with the Woods Battle waterbearers, Troll, A&S Point, Chirurgeon's Point, and as a Royal Encampment gate guard. I served for three years on Pennsic Services Staff (admin. assistant to Master Devon). I have agreed to do the preregistration and on-site booklets for Pennsic 32 in 2003. * Participated in numerous academic and public demos in Thescorre and other groups. * Co-taught several classes on Medieval food and/or gardening at the Rochester Museum & Science Center as part of the ongoing adult education program. * Participated in several special Medieval dance performances at SCA events, museum demos, and public demos. * Participated as a non-singing performer with RavenSong at two choir performances. (I operated a fox puppet for "Tomorrow The Fox" and was a dancing nymph in "The Lustie Month of May") * As a member of the Æthelmearc Biscuit Cutters Guild, I have helped bake and decorate "vigil cookies" in the shape of pelicans, knights, & laurel wreaths for various vigil receptions since 1997. * Prepared and volunteered food for various kingdom haflas, Queen's Teas, or other formal parties or receptions at several Pennsics since 1998. * Prepared one day's breakfast and dinner for the entire Æthelmearc Royal Encampment during the reign of Cygnus and Dorinda I, 1999. Awards Received: * Laurel - Society Order for Arts & Sciences * Pelican with Patent of Arms - Society Order for Service * Fleur d'Æthelmearc - kingdom Order of High Merit for Arts & Sciences * Millrind with Grant of Arms - kingdom Order of High Merit for Service * Sycamore - kingdom Order of Merit for Arts & Sciences * Keystone - kingdom Order of Merit for Service * Raven's Feather - baronial order for service, arts, and martial endeavors * Sigil - service to the Crown * Award of Arms * Raven's Egg - personal token from the baron & baroness * Gold Cauldron Bleu Spoon and Peppergrinder - baronial cooks guild recognition for excellence in period cooking research and feast preparation Heraldic Arms: Azure, three catamounts sejant guardant argent and a bordure argent semy of stars of David azure. Interests: Medieval cooking & baking, herbalism & herbal medicine, Middle Eastern dancing, Turkic garb and jewelry, Medieval dancing, Khazar persona and history research, crossbow & target archery, fencing, drumming, calligraphy & illumination, pottery, equestrian practices, chirurgeonate studies. |
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